Some news stories for you on this post-Thanksgiving Saturday.
• Them: For the fourth year in a row, Florida Republican lawmakers are attempting to ban Pride flags from state facilities including government buildings and public schools. #SoTired
• Queerty: Taking a look back at the ground-breaking 1972 TV movie That Certain Summer which follows teenager Nick Salter (Scott Jacoby), a child of divorce, who is about to spend the titular summer with his dad Doug (Hal Holbrook) in San Francisco. But – surprise! – his father is now living as an openly gay man with his partner Gary (Martin Sheen).
Despite its warmer setting, ‘That Certain Summer’ makes for a fascinating re-watch this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
https://t.co/1QZmnMMUcy— Queerty (@Queerty) November 29, 2025
• Washington Post: The GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee will investigate reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members during the first U.S. strike against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean earlier this year.
• Gallup: Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%, according to the latest Gallup polling.
• Deadline: Tom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Shakespeare in Love and 5x Tony-winning playwright (Travesties, The Real Thing, Loepoldstadt), has died. He was 88. His many screen credits Empire of the Sun (1987), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Tom Stoppard Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Writer Was 88 https://t.co/Rm2HhokNNZ
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) November 29, 2025
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